Now the birth of Jesus Christ happened this way. While his mother Mary was engaged to Joseph, but before they came together, she was found to be pregnant through the Holy Spirit.

Rejoice and be glad because your reward is great in heaven, for they persecuted the prophets before you in the same way.

In the same way, let your light shine before people, so that they can see your good deeds and give honor to your Father in heaven.

But I say to you that anyone who is angry with a brother will be subjected to judgment. And whoever insults a brother will be brought before the council, and whoever says 'Fool' will be sent to fiery hell.

Thus whenever you do charitable giving, do not blow a trumpet before you, as the hypocrites do in synagogues and on streets so that people will praise them. I tell you the truth, they have their reward.

Do not be like them, for your Father knows what you need before you ask him.

Do not give what is holy to dogs or throw your pearls before pigs; otherwise they will trample them under their feet and turn around and tear you to pieces.

And a leper approached, and bowed low before him, saying, "Lord, if you are willing, you can make me clean."

They cried out, "Son of God, leave us alone! Have you come here to torment us before the time?"

As he was saying these things, a ruler came, bowed low before him, and said, "My daughter has just died, but come and lay your hand on her and she will live."

And you will be brought before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them and the Gentiles.

Whenever they persecute you in one place, flee to another. I tell you the truth, you will not finish going through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes.

"Whoever, then, acknowledges me before people, I will acknowledge before my Father in heaven.

But whoever denies me before people, I will deny him also before my Father in heaven.

This is the one about whom it is written: 'Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'

But on Herod's birthday, the daughter of Herodias danced before them and pleased Herod,

But she came and bowed down before him and said, "Lord, help me!"

I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the Son of Man coming in his kingdom."

And he was transfigured before them. His face shone like the sun, and his clothes became white as light.

Then Moses and Elijah also appeared before them, talking with him.

When they came to the crowd, a man came to him, knelt before him,

Then the slave threw himself to the ground before him, saying, 'Be patient with me, and I will repay you everything.'

For in those days before the flood, people were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day Noah entered the ark.

All the nations will be assembled before him, and he will separate people one from another like a shepherd separates the sheep from the goats.

Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, on this night, before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times."

Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said: "Before the rooster crows, you will deny me three times." And he went outside and wept bitterly.

Then Jesus stood before the governor, and the governor asked him, "Are you the king of the Jews?" Jesus said, "You say so."

When Pilate saw that he could do nothing, but that instead a riot was starting, he took some water, washed his hands before the crowd and said, "I am innocent of this man's blood. You take care of it yourselves!"

and after braiding a crown of thorns, they put it on his head. They put a staff in his right hand, and kneeling down before him, they mocked him: "Hail, king of the Jews!"

The next day (which is after the day of preparation) the chief priests and the Pharisees assembled before Pilate

If this matter is heard before the governor, we will satisfy him and keep you out of trouble."

And whenever the unclean spirits saw him, they fell down before him and cried out, "You are the Son of God."

When he saw Jesus from a distance, he ran and bowed down before him.

Then the woman, with fear and trembling, knowing what had happened to her, came and fell down before him and told him the whole truth.

And he said to them, "I tell you the truth, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God come with power."

Six days later Jesus took with him Peter, James, and John and led them alone up a high mountain privately. And he was transfigured before them,

Then Elijah appeared before them along with Moses, and they were talking with Jesus.

"You must watch out for yourselves. You will be handed over to councils and beaten in the synagogues. You will stand before governors and kings because of me, as a witness to them.

Two days before the Passover and the Feast of Unleavened Bread, the chief priests and the experts in the law were trying to find a way to arrest Jesus by stealth and kill him.

Jesus said to him, "I tell you the truth, today -- this very night -- before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times."

Then the high priest stood up before them and asked Jesus, "Have you no answer? What is this that they are testifying against you?"

Immediately a rooster crowed a second time. Then Peter remembered what Jesus had said to him: "Before a rooster crows twice, you will deny me three times." And he broke down and wept.

Now when evening had already come, since it was the day of preparation (that is, the day before the Sabbath),

Now while Zechariah was serving as priest before God when his division was on duty,

for he will be great in the sight of the Lord. He must never drink wine or strong drink, and he will be filled with the Holy Spirit, even before his birth.

And he will go as forerunner before the Lord in the spirit and power of Elijah, to turn the hearts of the fathers back to their children and the disobedient to the wisdom of the just, to make ready for the Lord a people prepared for him."

in holiness and righteousness before him for as long as we live.

And you, child, will be called the prophet of the Most High. For you will go before the Lord to prepare his ways,

At the end of eight days, when he was circumcised, he was named Jesus, the name given by the angel before he was conceived in the womb.

It had been revealed to him by the Holy Spirit that he would not die before he had seen the Lord's Christ.

Just then some men showed up, carrying a paralyzed man on a stretcher. They were trying to bring him in and place him before Jesus.

Immediately he stood up before them, picked up the stretcher he had been lying on, and went home, glorifying God.

This is the one about whom it is written, 'Look, I am sending my messenger ahead of you, who will prepare your way before you.'

When he saw Jesus, he cried out, fell down before him, and shouted with a loud voice, "Leave me alone, Jesus, Son of the Most High God! I beg you, do not torment me!"

When the woman saw that she could not escape notice, she came trembling and fell down before him. In the presence of all the people, she explained why she had touched him and how she had been immediately healed.

Then he took the five loaves and the two fish, and looking up to heaven he gave thanks and broke them. He gave them to the disciples to set before the crowd.

But I tell you most certainly, there are some standing here who will not experience death before they see the kingdom of God."

Whenever you enter a town and the people welcome you, eat what is set before you.

because a friend of mine has stopped here while on a journey, and I have nothing to set before him.'

The Pharisee was astonished when he saw that Jesus did not first wash his hands before the meal.

Aren't five sparrows sold for two pennies? Yet not one of them is forgotten before God.

"I tell you, whoever acknowledges me before men, the Son of Man will also acknowledge before God's angels.

But the one who denies me before men will be denied before God's angels.

But when they bring you before the synagogues, the rulers, and the authorities, do not worry about how you should make your defense or what you should say,

As you are going with your accuser before the magistrate, make an effort to settle with him on the way, so that he will not drag you before the judge, and the judge hand you over to the officer, and the officer throw you into prison.

So the first one came before him and said, 'Sir, your mina has made ten minas more.'

Now he is not God of the dead, but of the living, for all live before him."

But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you, handing you over to the synagogues and prisons. You will be brought before kings and governors because of my name.

But stay alert at all times, praying that you may have strength to escape all these things that must happen, and to stand before the Son of Man."

And he said to them, "I have earnestly desired to eat this Passover with you before I suffer.

Then the Lord turned and looked straight at Peter, and Peter remembered the word of the Lord, how he had said to him, "Before a rooster crows today, you will deny me three times."

Then the whole group of them rose up and brought Jesus before Pilate.

and said to them, "You brought me this man as one who was misleading the people. When I examined him before you, I did not find this man guilty of anything you accused him of doing.

He said to them, "What things?" "The things concerning Jesus the Nazarene," they replied, "a man who, with his powerful deeds and words, proved to be a prophet before God and all the people;

John testified about him and shouted out, "This one was the one about whom I said, 'He who comes after me is greater than I am, because he existed before me.'"

This is the one about whom I said, 'After me comes a man who is greater than I am, because he existed before me.'

Nathanael asked him, "How do you know me?" Jesus replied, "Before Philip called you, when you were under the fig tree, I saw you."

You yourselves can testify that I said, 'I am not the Christ,' but rather, 'I have been sent before him.'

"Sir," the official said to him, "come down before my child dies."

The sick man answered him, "Sir, I have no one to put me into the pool when the water is stirred up. While I am trying to get into the water, someone else goes down there before me."

"Do not suppose that I will accuse you before the Father. The one who accuses you is Moses, in whom you have placed your hope.

Then what if you see the Son of Man ascending where he was before?

Nicodemus, who had gone to Jesus before and who was one of the rulers, said,

Now when they heard this, they began to drift away one at a time, starting with the older ones, until Jesus was left alone with the woman standing before him.

Jesus said to them, "I tell you the solemn truth, before Abraham came into existence, I am!"

Then they summoned the man who used to be blind a second time and said to him, "Promise before God to tell the truth. We know that this man is a sinner."

Never before has anyone heard of someone causing a man born blind to see.

All who came before me were thieves and robbers, but the sheep did not listen to them.

Now the Jewish feast of Passover was near, and many people went up to Jerusalem from the rural areas before the Passover to cleanse themselves ritually.

Then, six days before the Passover, Jesus came to Bethany, where Lazarus lived, whom he had raised from the dead.

Although Jesus had performed so many miraculous signs before them, they still refused to believe in him,

Just before the Passover feast, Jesus knew that his time had come to depart from this world to the Father. Having loved his own who were in the world, he now loved them to the very end.

I am telling you this now, before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe that I am he.

I have told you now before it happens, so that when it happens you may believe.

And now, Father, glorify me at your side with the glory I had with you before the world was created.

"Father, I want those you have given me to be with me where I am, so that they can see my glory that you gave me because you loved me before the creation of the world.

The sun will be changed to darkness and the moon to blood before the great and glorious day of the Lord comes.

let it be known to all of you and to all the people of Israel that by the name of Jesus Christ the Nazarene whom you crucified, whom God raised from the dead, this man stands before you healthy.

But Peter and John replied, "Whether it is right before God to obey you rather than God, you decide,

Before it was sold, did it not belong to you? And when it was sold, was the money not at your disposal? How have you thought up this deed in your heart? You have not lied to people but to God!"